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- Title
The Organization of Factions: Interest Mobilization and the Group Theory of Politics.
- Authors
Grossmann, Matt
- Abstract
Theories of interest group mobilization are central to political science but current research on interest organizations has not proven useful for scholars in related fields. I argue that, by adapting organizational theory to account for the particular function of interest organizations, scholars can build a widely applied theoretical framework. The key step is an analysis of the role that organizations play in the mobilization of influence: they are intermediaries, reliant on their constituents and their lobbying targets. Reviewing research on ethnic politics and political economy, I demonstrate that this intermediary view of interest organizations encourages theoretical ideas to travel between subfields.
- Subjects
POLITICAL participation; PUBLIC interest lobbying; SOCIAL influence; POLITICAL socialization; MASS mobilization; POLITICAL science
- Publication
Public Organization Review, 2006, Vol 6, Issue 2, p107
- ISSN
1566-7170
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1007/s11115-006-0002-3